On being just crazy enough

Name: On being just crazy enough
Uploaded: 2011-06-24T15:50:15Z
Duration: 5 min 34 s
Description: At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who's bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental "skillness." In this funny, thought-provoking talk, he asks: What's the right balance between medicating craziness away and riding the manic edge of creativity and drive?

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Joshua Walters |

Full Spectrum Auditions

• May 2011

At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who's bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental "skillness." In this funny, thought-provoking talk, he asks: What's the right balance between medicating craziness away and riding the manic edge of creativity and drive?

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depression
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